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View this email in your browser Weekly November 6, 2019 Week At A Glance WED 11/6 7:30 am Men's Breakfast - Auburn 10:00 am Welcome Center Lunches - O 6:00 pm Bible Study - O THURS 11/7 9:00 am Bible Study - FR 3:45 pm Confirmation - WB 6:00 pm Men's Group Meeting - FR 7:00 pm Growing Places Small Group - O FRI 11/8 10:00 am Visiting Team to Siena - Auburn 5:30 pm Gathering Inn - Pioneer Methodist, Auburn 6:30 pm Growing Places Small Group - O SUN 11/10 9:00 am Pre K - 5th Youth Ed - EB 9:00 am 6-12th Youth Ed - O 9:00 am Adult Education - FR 10:00 am  Morning Worship Service with Anointing for Healing MON 11/11 Veterans Day 9:30 am Labor of Love - FR 2:00 pm MS TGI meal prep - Auburn 5:45 pm MS TGI meal service - Auburn TUES 11/12 3:30 pm Band II, III, IV - EB 3:30 pm Ex Music II - WB 4:30 pm Band I - EB 7:00 pm Adult Choir - EB WED 11/13 7:30 am Men's Breakfast - Auburn 10:00 am Welcome Center Lunches - O 6:00 pm Bible Study - O Meals for the Hogsett Family - Stacy is having eye surgery today, Nov 6 and will be recovering for several weeks. She and her family would very much appreciate dinners while she recuperates. If you would like to cook for them, please sign up by clicking the link: https://www.TakeThemAMeal.com/POZC0080 . The user password is 1989 if you are asked for it. You may also sign up by calling or emailing the church office, 878-1870 or office@faithmv.net.  In gratitude for your loving care, The Hogsett Family Upcoming Birthdays Kayla Krall  11/6 Lisa Achen  11/9 Pastor Charlane  11/11 Jackie Brown  11/12 Ed Norton  11/13 Adelyn Dieter  11/14 Geri Lay  11/15 Joanne Hesse  11/18 Karl Stockbridge  11/20 Anna Van Zuuk  11/24 Upcoming Anniversaries Leah & Jason Cole  11/9 Dan & Robin Rice  11/17 Tim & Niccole Pitz  11/19 Julie Hettig and Scott Warren  11/20   Ways To Give and Serve Lay Task Schedule Welcome Center Lunch Schedule Prosper Placer  helps low income families address poverty at its holistic core - social, emotional, physical, spiritual and financial - through education, goal setting, connection to opportunities and advocating.  Prosper Placer utilizes volunteers and natural community supports to empower families living in poverty to move into the middle class. Low-income families become the “Change Leaders”, creating their own goals to move their family out of poverty.  Community members, called “Allies”, work alongside these Change Leaders over a 2 year period. Mark Achen and Colleen Hogan have been working as ‘Allies’ within this program.  We meet most Monday nights to assist in the implementation of our family’s goals. We share a family meal together, then their kids go to childcare or homework tutors and we meet with the adults for 90 minutes. Please ask Mark or I if you’d like more information or encouragement in this important ministry.  It seems like a daunting commitment, but  I really look forward to ‘Monday nights with my family’! Need…. As mentioned above, we share a meal (6 pm) with our family before the meeting.  Pastor Charlane has coordinated a few meals for us in 2019. Generally, a simple meal is served for 40 - 60 from the  Pioneer United Methodist Church in Auburn. Placer Prosper reimburses costs with a target goal of $2/per person. Leftovers are packaged up and sent home with the families.  We have been asked to prepare and serve on 6 Mondays in 2020. Pastor Charlane will coordinate this calendar. A team of 2 -3 is sufficient. Please check in with her if you can help. Colleen 368-7315 Thanksgiving Meals for Stand Up Placer—The Men’s Group is once again providing turkeys and all the trimmings for Thanksgiving dinner for Stand Up Placer (provides services to victims of domestic violence, sexual assault and human trafficking in Placer County). Look for the goldenrod shopping list in the sanctuary if you would like to support this ministry.                         2018 Coat Sorting at Christ the King Church Coats for Tahoe—Please bring your coats and heavy sweaters to donate and put them in the collection bin in the Fireside Room or Sanctuary. Last day of collection is Sunday, Dec 1. Check out the local thrift stores if you don’t have any coats to donate. Contact Dave Rosenquist with questions, 916-834-8123.   Coats 4 Tahoe has been a stewardship project at Faith for many years in collaboration with Christ the King Lutheran Church in Tahoe City. The clothing is distributed to those families and individuals in need, including the many immigrants who are working in the area hotels, restaurants and other venues in the service industry.  As of December 2017, over 11,500 coats and jackets had been distributed to adults and children. Last year I delivered 10-12 bags from Faith. United States – Mexico Border Experience February 18, 2020 Join others from our synod as we spend the day learning and in worship together with our sisters and brothers at the border. The day will include:  One-half of our group will cross the border to the Mexico side to participate, and one-half of the group will participate on the US side. Join in a cross-border worship experience on the beach. Travel by bus to an immigrant-hospitality center on the Mexico side of the border OR to one or two historic Latinx churches on the US side of the border. We will travel down Feb 17 and return Feb 19. If you would like to participate, please let Pastor Charlane know by Sunday, November 10.  “As Sanctuary synod and denomination, I would like to share with you this amazing opportunity to be in solidarity and to testify of God's grace and justice at the Border in San Diego.” -Pr. Tita Valeriano, Director for Evangelical Mission Participants must have a US passport that does not expire before August 18, 2020.  $50 — Includes Registration and Bus Fees $150 — Includes Registration, Bus, and Double-Occupancy Hotel Room for Monday night, February 17. $250 – Includes Registration, Bus, and Single-Occupancy Hotel Room for Monday night, February 17 Announcements Faith Lutheran Church Book Group Did you know FLC has a book group?  We are currently reading Richard Rohr’s The Universal Christ:  How a Forgotten Reality Can Change Everything We See, Hope For and Believe.  We will discuss on Monday, December 2 at 4pm in the church office.  Please consider joining us! Questions?  Contact Colleen 530 368-7315 or Carol in the church office. Inquiry Class—Got questions? Join Pastor Charlane for conversation and exploration. Thinking of becoming a member? This class is for you! Don’t think you want to formally “join” the church but have some questions? This class is for you! We will talk about how Lutherans are just like other Christian denominations AND how Lutherans are a bit different, what makes Faith Lutheran a GREAT community, and any other topics that people bring to the discussion. December 1, 8, and 15, (Sundays) 9 am in the office building. Pastor Charlane is out of town November 15-23. For pastoral needs, contact Pastor Virginia Ward, 530-823-5721. Don’t miss November 17! Worship will be led by a multi-generational team and Pastor Virginia will preside for communion. It is sure to be a wonderful time of worship and fellowship! Thank you—To everyone who supported the fundraiser and Makayla,  thank you very much. I won’t name everyone but thanks to Lisa for drawing attention to the event. Carol and Makayla. Consecration Sunday Is Coming Congregations that approach financial stewardship from a biblical perspective do not view the money Christians give to their church merely as a way to pay its bills.  Rather, such congregations see financial contributions as a way to help people grow spiritually in their relationship with God by supporting their church’s mission and ministry with a percentage of their income. Once again this year we are setting aside some special time to consider our financial giving. Our stewardship philosophy is rooted in the biblical understanding that we need to give for our own spiritual development. Instead of treating people like members of a social club who should pay dues, we will treat people like followers of Jesus Christ who want to give unselfishly as an act of discipleship. You will be encouraged to consider proportionate and systematic giving in response to the question, “What percentage of my income is God calling me to give?” During morning worship on Consecration Sunday, we are asking everyone to make their financial commitments to our church’s missionary, benevolent, and educational  ministries in this community and around the world. Every family who completes an Estimate of Giving card does so voluntarily by attending morning worship on Consecration Sunday. We urge people to attend even if they feel strongly about NOT filling out a card. No one will be forced to do anything contrary to their desire.   Immediately following worship we will celebrate God’s bounty by sharing in a meal together.  Everyone who is present on Consecration Sunday is invited to attend the meal. We hope you will plan to join us! 2019 FLC Consecration Team Dave Jones, Tony Freitas, Gail Parn, Lisa Achen, Pastor Charlane   Firestarters—will be available for sale after worship on Dec 1 and 8 in the Fireside Room. Gail makes the firestarters by recycling candle wax from used candles. He melts it down and molds it into paper forms that easily light to start a fire. Gail has plenty of wax for this year but if you want to donate used candles, you can bring them to the office. Contact Gail Parn for more information. Youth Talk Too much candy left over? Drop by your extras at the Youth Office and we’ll use it at the upcoming gingerbread classes on December 3 and December 7th. Youth led worship “YOUTH ROCKS” on November 17th… there are roles for everyone in the service. Check your email or talk to Stacy Hogsett… there is a place for you.  Faith In Action Youth Service Projects Faith Lutheran Church 1115 Combie Road Meadow Vista 95722 530.878.1870 Copyright © *2019* *Faith Lutheran Church of Meadow Vista*, All rights reserved. Our mailing address is: 1115 Combie Road, Meadow Vista, CA   95722 Want to change how you receive these emails? You can update your preferences or unsubscribe from this list.

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